Cantonments Act, I924
127.Enclosure of waste land used for improper purposes:-
A {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69, for
"Cantonment Authority".} [Board] may, by notice in writing, require the
owner or part-owner, or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner, of any
building or land in the cantonment, or the lessee or the person claiming to be
the lessee of any such land, which by reason of disuse or disputed ownership or
other cause, has remained unoccupied and has become the resort of idle and
disorderly persons or of persons who have no ostensible means of subsistence or
cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves, or is used for gaming or
immoral purposes, or otherwise occasions or is likely to occasion a nuisance,
to secure and enclose the same within such time as may be specified in the
notice.